Verb (used without object) : to loiter around the bus terminal. ,to loiter on the way to work. ,He loiters over his homework until one in the morning. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming. From Dictionary.com.
After dinner an hour – which the doctor called a digestive hour – was spent in loitering about and then the studies were resumed. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
Now what used to be called "hanging out" - or, by less charitable observers, "loitering" - has a new name: "stooping.". From Wordnik.com. [Tales Out of School] Reference
In a former Parliament he was convicted of what was officially known as loitering in the Lobby. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914] Reference
The local homeowner's association sent out a letter forbidding "loitering" in the neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [A Convict Freed] Reference
The cameras can alert operators to suspicious behaviour, such as loitering and unusually slow walking. From Wordnik.com. [Precognition becomes a reality] Reference
In Churchill, bears were just kind of loitering around. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Pay attention to people who are "loitering" close to the building or office. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Perhaps that is naive, not knowing fully what is involved in "loitering" swimmers below. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The uncrewed cargo vehicle will be "loitering" in a safe orbit until commanded in for docking. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef - Calendar of Events] Reference
She calls the cops on the 'loitering' kids who spend too much time walking home from the school bus. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Walsh has always been the most animated of the Eagles, who in the early days were accused of "loitering" on stage. From Wordnik.com. [RVABlogs] Reference
Three states merely prohibit "loitering" near polling places, but in practice, political clothing is banned there as well. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
'loitering' at a corner (one could simply be there waiting for someone), or whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
"convenient season" which probably never comes -- all that is opposed also to what is called "loitering" or "dawdling.". From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
"loitering", but after doing a little googling I learned loitering is perfectly legal and sanctioned by the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
"loitering" had cited a non-existent clause of a set of draft bylaws which itself was never enacted by the City of Cape Town. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It's not that he's loitering (he's on his way to meet a friend). From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Police: Flint Cracks Down on Sagging] Reference
They say they could use a tighter curfew and stricter loitering laws. From Wordnik.com. [Fights, teens among challenges as D.C.'s Gallery Place entertainment area matures] Reference
And stricter enforcement of anti-loitering laws is hurting the homeless. From Wordnik.com. [L.A. Rising] Reference
A few years ago, I read about a mall that had a problem with loitering teens. From Wordnik.com. [Defending the Gallery Place 'Mosquito'] Reference
Just some stray editors who happen to be loitering in a corridor after being recently made redundant?. From Wordnik.com. [Klaxons, Liars, Editors, where's the the?] Reference
When Victor emerged from the brownstone, there was no hesitation in his step, no uncertain loitering. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
UNIFIL, the U. N.'s peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon, has been loitering in the area for 31 years. From Wordnik.com. [Ami Horowitz: Insecurity Council] Reference
The throng loitering along 11th Avenue on Wednesday night was an eclectic, gender-blurring mix unlike any other. From Wordnik.com. [Curtis M. Wong: Scissor Sisters Offer High-Camp Theatrics, Electro-Driven Pop Grooves At Terminal 5] Reference
(Hernreich, if you recall, was Clinton's gatekeeper in the West Wing, and could have seen Monica loitering about.). From Wordnik.com. [Monica's Shake-Up] Reference
Hu Jintao and his entourage of globe-trotting oil officials have been loitering in Libya and glad-handing in Gabon. From Wordnik.com. [Hungry For Power] Reference
As pressure mounts, mosques have begun to double as employment centers with so-called "job mentors" loitering outside. From Wordnik.com. [Living Underground] Reference
I want farmers with tractors and pesticides, immigrants loitering and hippies in suits and flip-flops playing Frisbee. From Wordnik.com. [Will #17] Reference
Does the litany of laws forbidding camping, loitering, trespassing, blocking the sidewalk and panhandling make society safer?. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Boden: Whose Public Safety?] Reference
Today he's loitering by your register because Bobby's is nearest the exit and her line stretches all the way to the freezers. From Wordnik.com. [Assumption] Reference
So the Texas governor will spend at least half of January in the state, ducking into firehouses and loitering at coffee shops. From Wordnik.com. [A Scion Hits The Streets] Reference
He certainly was not loitering near a chop suey counter waiting for a mysterious woman to sidle up and pass him a brown paper sack. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Silence: Intro] Reference
(Soundbite of bell) SAGAL: Police in Florida put handcuffs on a suspicious blank that was found loitering near an elementary school. From Wordnik.com. [Lightning Fill In The Blank] Reference
Matheus, Braga's slippery No99, caused him problems, particularly when loitering on the shoulder to peel into space behind the centre-half. From Wordnik.com. [Defensive doubts mean Arsenal's dazzle could yet turn to dust] Reference
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